NEPAL: HOMEMADE BOMB THROWN INSIDE UN COMPOUND

NEPAL: HOMEMADE BOMB THROWN INSIDE UN COMPOUND
New York, Feb 15 2009 3:10PM
An improvised explosive device (IED) was thrown into the United Nations regional human rights office in south-western Nepal on the evening of 13 February, but no injuries or material damage were reported.

No staff members of the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) were in the building at 8:10pm when the bomb exploded.

Police arrived shortly after the incident and began their investigation.

"Information available so far indicates no specific intention to target OHCHR," the Office said in a press release issued yesterday.

Feb 15 2009 3:10PM
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